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What does your engine facility look like?
« on: July 28, 2012, 04:08:16 PM »
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Please post pics of your facility, Id like  research material that I can use to build mine.
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2012, 05:34:06 PM »
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My engine service area is a fuel distributor's tank truck. :D
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2012, 05:39:05 PM »
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"My engine service area is a fuel distributor's tank truck."

So do you use bagged sand or a covered hopper with an air hose connection at the bottom of the bays?

At one time Norfolk Southern was using a dealer's fuel truck to fuel their diesels in Manassas, Va., but built a sand tower so that the units could be sanded.  Units would be lined up along the edge of their parking lot and the tanker would move from unit to unit until all were fueled.  It has been a long time since I have been there... do not know if it is still the same way or not.
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2012, 05:51:28 PM »
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Quote from: Brakie on July 28, 2012, 05:34:06 PM
My engine service area is a fuel distributor's tank truck. :D


Dammit, you beat me to it!

If you're modeling a class one in the diesel era, the only diesel facility you'd probably have would be at a LARGE yard (like CR's Selkirk, Oak Island, Enola or Elkhart). Shoot, I don't even think Allentown (a pretty important location for CR) had anything serious.

If you've got a shortline, it's probably something similar. There might be a water standpipe, maybe and automated means for sanding (but probably not), and an oily spot where the power gets parked.

If you're doing a smaller yard than Oak Island, take a look at CSX's Bayview Yard setup: http://binged.it/LVhEQw

It's just an easily accessible track where they tie em down and let em idle.
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2012, 06:03:25 PM »
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« Last Edit: July 28, 2012, 06:07:33 PM by Dave Vollmer »
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2012, 06:20:35 PM »
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Keep in mind, Dave is modeling Enola.
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2012, 07:51:16 PM »
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So do you use bagged sand or a covered hopper with an air hose connection at the bottom of the bays?
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We use bagged sand..The crew uses a backhoe with bucket for lifting the bags of sand to the Geep 9 sand hatch.

I got this brilliant idea from Northern Ohio & Western(yup, NOW) at Tiffin.
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2012, 07:57:56 PM »
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Little three track affair......



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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2012, 07:58:50 PM »
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If your doing a modern facility you better have some sort of catch basin for that diesel fuel or the EPA will be breathing down you neck.
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2012, 08:29:16 PM »
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2012, 08:37:23 PM »
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While it doesn't look like much, there was a single track facility in Waterloo, IA which lasted into the 70's.



There was an underground fuel tank and a regular type fuel stand.  The concrete building in the back held drums of oil.  Not seen in this photo are the racks that would hold the oil cans off the ground next to the track.  And finally, off to the left of the main line, there was an old boxcar that held sand.


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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2012, 08:42:35 PM »
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Awesome pics guys, keep it up. My setup used to look like this below but its since changed.


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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2012, 09:33:33 PM »
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Mine looks like a closet . :lol:
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2012, 09:37:19 PM »
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Quote from: up1950s on July 28, 2012, 09:33:33 PM
Mine looks like a closet . :lol:

And mine is an old 6 drawer dresser.
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Re: What does your engine facility look like?
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2012, 12:03:06 AM »
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Mine is a freelanced engine facility:



Higher resolution (3mb): http://www.scrantonstation.com/scrantonlayout/images/IMG_4892.jpg

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